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“Having lots of sexual partners can shorten lifespan, and divorce can have a
devastating impact, the researchers claim. Splitting up is distressing but less
so for women "because they have more supportive social networks."
“Sexual excess will effectually destroy a love for devotional exercises, will
take from the brain the substance needed to nourish the system,
“The body is enervated, the brain weakened. The material deposited there
to nourish the system is squandered. The drain upon the system is great."
Dr. David Horrobin, an M.D. and Ph.D. from Oxford University, states:
“The amount of zinc in semen is such that one ejaculation may get rid of all the zinc that can
be absorbed from the intestines in one day. This has a number of consequences. Unless the
amount lost is replaced by an increased dietary intake, repeated ejaculation may lead to a
real zinc deficiency with various problems developing, including impotence."
“It is even possible, given the importance of zinc for the brain, that 19th
century moralists were correct when they said that repeated
— Zinc and Other Micro-nutrients (Keats: New Canaan, Conn., 1978), p. 45.
SEXUAL EXCESS
“The clinical manifestations in severe cases of zinc deficiency included bullous-pustular dermatitis,
alopecia, diarrhoea, emotional disorder, weight loss, intercurrent infections, hypogonadism in males
and it is fatal if untreated. A moderate deficiency of zinc is characterized by growth retardation and
delayed puberty in adolescents, hypogonadism in males, rough skin, poor appetite, mental lethargy,
delayed wound healing, taste abnormalities and abnormal dark adaptation [night blindness]."
“The association of masturbation with depression is unlikely to be a result of simply a lack of PVI,
because more masturbation and less PVI make independent contributions to less satisfaction with
relationships, sex life, life in general, and one’s mental health (the multivariate analyses also
examined some partnered sexual activities other than PVI, and revealed that anal and oral sex
frequency also have independent inverse associations with some of the satisfaction indices). It is
likely that only unfettered, real PVI has important mood-enhancing benefits.”
“The findings demonstrate that sexual satisfaction is strongly related to PVI but
not to other sexual behaviors (some of which are significantly inversely related to
sexual satisfaction). A similar pattern applies to satisfaction with relationships, life
in general, and one’s mental health. This evidence contrasts with assertions that
masturbation and other sexual activities are as satisfying as PVI.”
The difference may be due to greater release of prolactin which is associated with
sexual satiety: “the prolactin rise after PVI orgasm is 400% greater than following
masturbation orgasm.” Coitus and other kinds of sexual activity are not equivalent.
“[S]atisfaction with sex life, life in general, sexual partnership, and
mental health correlates directly with frequency of penile-vaginal
intercourse (PVI) and inversely with frequency of both masturbation
and partnered sexual activity excluding PVI (noncoital sex).”
One might be tempted to account for these
psychological differences in satisfaction in terms of
underlying differences in attitude among those who do
them. People with more strict moral codes might feel
guilty in doing noncoital sexual behaviors, and so might
not experience the same psychological benefits that
persons with less strict moral codes would experience.
However, in a study entitled, yes, this is the real full title, “Satisfaction (Sexual,
Life, Relationship, and Mental Health) Is Associated Directly with Penile-Vaginal
Intercourse, but Inversely with Other Sexual Behavior Frequencies,”
Brody and Rui Miguel Costa point out, “The exploratory finding that a rigid attitude
toward variety in sexual activities was completely unrelated to the satisfaction indices
suggests that it is indeed sexual behaviors (and the underlying psychosexual motives
that guide them) that are related to satisfaction, rather than inflexible attitudes.”
In other words, it was not guilt about perceived failure
to adhere to moral norms that undermined satisfaction.
Those without so-called “rigid attitudes” had similar
experiences as those with more traditional attitudes
Brody and Rui found that “[t]he results are consistent with evidence that
specifically PVI frequency, rather than other sexual activities, is associated with
sexual satisfaction, health, and well-being. Inverse associations between
satisfaction and masturbation are not due simply to insufficient PVI.”
In addition to psychological benefits, physiological benefits are also associated with
coitus but not other kinds of sexual behavior. Researchers found that, “specifically
PVI but not other sexual behavior was associated with an important measure of
better homeostasis, better parasympathetic tone, lower mortality risk, and
better psychological function (including better relatedness).”
The research suggests “not only that it is specifically PVI (rather than other sexual behaviors)
that is associated with optimal cardiovascular ‘protection’ from stress, but also that the
benefits are not simply due to having a partner.” Similarly, Brody cites studies showing the
benefits of coitus but not other sexual activities in reducing the likelihood of prostate cancer, breast
cancer, hot flash symptoms, pre-eclampsia, low sperm count, and high blood pressure.
Results
For both sexes, sexual compatibility was
independently predicted by higher frequency of
penile–vaginal intercourse and greater vaginal
orgasm consistency. Women's sexual satisfaction
score was significantly predicted by greater vaginal
orgasm consistency, frequency of partner genital
stimulation, and negatively with masturbation. Men's
sexual satisfaction score was significantly predicted
by greater intercourse frequency and any vaginal
orgasm of their female partners.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that specifically
penile–vaginal intercourse frequency and vaginal
orgasm consistency are associated with indices of
greater intimate relationship adjustment, satisfaction,
and compatibility of both partners, and that women's
masturbation is independently inversely associated
with measures of dyadic and personal function.
Indeed, the evidence suggests that coitus produces health benefits:
“It is specifically PVI (penile–vaginal intercourse) competently performed and
sensitively experienced, that is associated with . . . and produces . . . aspects
of better mental and physical health. This is not the case for other sexual
behaviors (masturbation and anal intercourse are associated with poorer
health indices, effects not attributable simply to lack of PVI).”
What might account for these differences? A number of mechanisms might account for the
differences between coitus and noncoital sexual behavior. For example, Brody writes:
For couples in between – those that became sexually involved later in the relationship but prior to
marriage – the benefits were about half as strong.
Sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved with this
research, read the study and shared his take on the findings.
“Couples who hit the honeymoon too early – that is, prioritize sex promptly at the outset of a
relationship – often find their relationships underdeveloped when it comes to the qualities that make
relationships stable and spouses reliable and trustworthy,” said Regnerus, author of Premarital Sex in
America, a book forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
Because religious belief often plays a role for couples who choose to wait, Busby and his co-authors
controlled for the influence of religious involvement in their analysis,
“Regardless of religiosity, waiting helps the relationship form better communication processes, and
these help improve long-term stability and relationship satisfaction,” Busby said.
“Most research on the topic is focused on individuals’ experiences and not the timing within a
relationship,” said lead study author Dean Busby, a professor in Brigham Young University’s School of
Family Life.
“There’s more to a relationship than sex, but we did find that those who waited longer were happier
with the sexual aspect of their relationship,” Busby added. “I think it’s because they’ve learned to talk
and have the skills to work with issues that come up.”
Sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved with this
research, read the study and shared his take on the findings.
The BYU findings are based on an analysis of answers provided by married couples who took a 276-question online
survey between 2006 and 2009. The questionnaire took between 30 and 60 minutes to complete.
"We are not making claims that if you have sex early there's no hope for your relationship. It seems
to set up the relationship to be more focused on the physical side of things and other things get
underplayed," Busby said.
University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, who was not involved with this research, read the study and offered
commentary in a BYU release.
The study involved 2,035 married participants in an online
assessment of marriage called “RELATE.” According to the
study, people who waited until marriage:
The best way to ensure you never get and STD is to abstain from sex
before marriage and to marry someone who also has abstained.
SEX AND CULTURE
“For every additional sexual partner a man has and the shorter-lived those
relationships are, the greater the chances that a man creates children with
multiple women without commitment either to those women or to those kids.
Unwanted Pregnancies
and Abortion
Meanwhile having lots of sexual partners can shorten lifespan and divorce can have a devastating
impact, the editorial claims. Splitting up is distressing but less so for women "because they have
more supportive social networks.”
David Gallacher, a trainee medic at University Hospital of Wales, and John Gallacher, a reader at
Cardiff University's School of Medicine, write: "In a study of one billion persons across seven
European countries the married persons had age-adjusted mortality rates that were 10-15
per cent lower than the population as a whole.”
The students believe that being in a committed relationship leads to better social support - from a
partner, their friends and family - which improves mental health and life choices. Marriage is thought
to provide the largest benefits, because it involves "deeper commitment" than merely living together.
Sex Desires and Appetites :
• "You are of that age when the will, the
appetite, and the passions clamor for indulgence.
God has implanted these in your nature for high
and holy purposes. It is not necessary that they
should become a curse to you by being debased.
They will become this only when you refuse to
submit to the control of reason and conscience.”
Part 24